Bandage|HS Code

Bandage harmonized system code

Product Overview A Bandage under HS Code 3005 is a woven or non-woven medical product primarily used for binding or wrapping to support, protect, or immobilize parts of the body. It can be made from various materials such as cotton, gauze, or synthetic fabric, and can be elastic or non-elastic, adhesive or non-adhesive, sterile or non-sterile. HS code 3005 encompasses subcategories 3005.10 for adhesive dressings and 3005.90 for other types of bandages, thus providing a comprehensive classification for different types of bandages in the market. The commercial applications of bandages are broad, ranging from use in hospitals, clinics, sports facilities, homes, and even military settings for first aid, wound management, and injury prevention. The bandage under HS code 3005 holds a strong market position due to its universal necessity, versatility in application, and cost-effectiveness compared to more specialized medical products. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The complete HS Code for this product is 3005.10 for adhesive dressings and 3005.90 for other bandages, falling under Chapter 30 (Pharmaceutical products), Heading 05 (Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles). The classification of bandages under this specific code is based on the product's intended use in the medical and healthcare industry. Common trade considerations for bandages include packaging in sealed, tamper-proof containers to preserve sterility, and shipping requirements that prioritize temperature-controlled environments to maintain product integrity. Quality standards for bandages under HS Code 3005 are stringent, often requiring compliance with international standards such as ISO 13485 for medical devices. Adherence to these standards ensures product safety, efficacy, and suitability for the diverse range of applications in the healthcare sector.

Bandage Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV); (b) Products, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), containing nicotine and intended to assist tobacco use cessation (heading 24.04); (c) Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 25.20); (d) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 33.01); (e) Preparations of headings 33.03 to 33.07, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties; (f) Soap or other products of heading 34.01 containing added medicaments; (g) Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 34.07); (h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02); or (ij) Diagnostic reagents of heading 38.22. 2.- For the purposes of heading 30.02, the expression “immunological products” applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 29.37) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF). 3.- For the purposes of headings 30.03 and 30.04 and of Note 4 (d) to this Chapter, the following are to be treated : (a) As unmixed products : (1) Unmixed products dissolved in water; (2) All goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and (3) Simple vegetable extracts of heading 13.02, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent; (b) As products which have been mixed : (1) Colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur); (2) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and (3) Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters. 4.- Heading 30.06 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature : (a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; (b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; (c) Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable; (d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses; (e) Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for use in recognised clinical trials, put up in measured doses, even if they might contain active medicaments; (f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements; (g) First-aid boxes and kits;(h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides; (ij) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments; (k) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and (l) Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.